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Tooch Van, a Cambodian-American resident of Lowell, shares some thoughts on this past weekend’s National Assembly Election in Cambodia: The Cambodian National Assembly Election: Good v Bad @Tooch A. Van, Tuesday, July 30 2013 at 6:30 am (Lowell, MA USA’s time) A good politician versus a bad politician. A good…
Read More »Reverend Seamus Finn, OMI We’ve profiled and highlighted the work of Lowell-connected Oblate – Seamus Finn, OMI in past blog posts like this one: https://www.richardhowe.com/2013/01/02/fr-seamus-finn-omi-new-years-resolutions-and-corporate-social-responsibility/. Today we note a Letter-to-the Editor at the Lowell Sun where Father Finn has taken issue with the Sun editorial criticism of Elizabeth Warren’s “obsession with Wall…
Read More »The signing by President Lyndon B. Johnson of the Medicare Act on July 30, 1965 is worthy of this re-posted clip from the archive: Medicare Signed into Law ~ July 30, 1965 by Marie President Lyndon Johnson signing the Medicare amendment. Former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess…
Read More »“Lowell Poster” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »View across Boarding House Park during the 5 o’clock hour Saturday for Maggie Ingram and the Ingrametts – a Gospel group that had the audience on its feet, swaying, clapping and perhaps shouting a few hallelujahs … the smoke overlay was nothing religious… it rose up from the large grills at the food…
Read More »I’ll have some thoughts on the “big picture” of the Folk Festival in a few days. For now, here are some photos from a great day in downtown Lowell.
Read More »I have seen them all, and the 2013 Lowell Folk Festival was a five-star event, if that’s the highest ranking possible. Now, can I saw something about the setting? The downtown looked fabulous. From Market Street to the Boott Cotton Mills, and in between, the historic district offered stunning views…
Read More »Thank you to Marjorie Arons-Baron for allowing us to cross-post this entry from her own blog. Tom Wolfe’s 1987 masterpiece Bonfire of the Vanities captured the greed, class, ambition, and politics of Reagan era New York City. So, too, does Mark Leibovich’s This Town capture early 21st century Washington, D.C. …
Read More »“Pawtucketville River Scene” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
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